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Church kicks woman out in viral TikTok video, believing she had marijuana. It was oregano and cilantro

Church kicks woman out in viral TikTok video, believing she had marijuana. It was oregano and cilantro
MONTGOMERY SPOKE TO THE WOMAN TONIGHT AND HAS A RESPONSE FROM THE CHURCH. SHELBY: THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT ASHLEY ONTIVEROS WAS KICKED OUT OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. ASHLEY AT THE CHURCH TO VISIT HER SISTER, WHO IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED. WE TALKED TO HER TONIGHT, BUT SHE DIDN’T WANT TO BE ON CAMERA. SHE TELLS US SHE BROUGHT MENUDO WITH ALL THE FIXINGS, ONION, LIME, CILANTRO, AND OREGANO IN A PLASTIC BAGGIE. >> THAT’S NOT WEED, THAT’S FOR THE MENUDO. SHELBY: ASHLEY SAYS THEY REFUSED TO OPEN THE BAG TO SMELL THE CONTENTS. >> JUST SO YOU CAN CONFIRM IT, IT’S FOR THE FOOD. SMELL IT. SHELBY: A SECOND VIDEO SHOWS HER ASKING FOR THE FOOD BACK AND WAS TOLD, WE’LL TEST IT. THE CHURCH ISSUING A STATEMENT ABOUT THE VIDEO SAYING IN PART, THE VIDEO CLIP THAT IS BEING CIRCULATED AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA OF AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT REDEMPTION MISSION PENN AVENUE IN OKLAHOMA CITY ON NOVEMBER 14 IS OF A PERSON WHO WAS UPSET BECAUSE THE STAFF DID NOT ALLOW HER TO GIVE A BAG OF FOOD TO A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS AN INMATE ATTENDING CHURCH SERVICES. ASHLEY TELLS ME SHE PLANNED TO EAT THE MENUDO WITH HER SISTER THERE LIKE SHE’S DONE BEFORE. ALSO SAYING SHE’S TRAUMATIZED BY WHAT HAPPENED. THE CHURCH ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, FAMILY MEMBERS, VISITORS, AND GUESTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE SERVICES AS WELL, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE FOOD ITEMS TO THE INMATES TO TAKE BACK TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CONFIRMING TO US TONIGHT THAT THIS IS THE POLICY. >> THAT MADE ME WANT TO CRY. THEY SAID
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Church kicks woman out in viral TikTok video, believing she had marijuana. It was oregano and cilantro
In a viral TikTok video, the Redemption United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, forced Ashley Ontiveros to leave after mistaking a bag of cilantro and oregano for marijuana.The church is involved in a program with the Department of Corrections that allows inmates to attend service. The woman was there to see her sister, who is currently incarcerated and brought oregano and cilantro for her soup.Sister station KOCO spoke with Ontiveros, but she didn’t want to be on camera.She said that she brought menudo with all the fixings, such as onion, lime, cilantro and oregano in a plastic bag. Ontiveros said that they refused to open the bag and smell the contents. The church issued a statement about the video that stated, "The video clip that is being circulated around social media of an incident that occurred at Redemption Mission Penn Avenue in Oklahoma City on Nov. 14 is of a person who was upset because the staff did not allow her to give a bag of food to a family member who is an inmate attending church services."Ontiveros said she planned to eat the menudo with her sister at the church, as she has done before. She is also saying she is traumatized by what happened. The church also said in a statement that "family members, visitors and guests are welcome to attend the services as well, but they are not allowed to give food items to the inmates to take back to correctional facilities"The Department of Corrections confirmed to sister station KOCO that this is the policy.Ontiveros and her sister do not want to go back to the church, she says. This was her only opportunity to see her sister. Watch the full story in the video above.

In a viral TikTok video, the Redemption United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, forced Ashley Ontiveros to leave after mistaking a bag of cilantro and oregano for marijuana.

The church is involved in a program with the Department of Corrections that allows inmates to attend service. The woman was there to see her sister, who is currently incarcerated and brought oregano and cilantro for her soup.

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Sister station KOCO spoke with Ontiveros, but she didn’t want to be on camera.

She said that she brought menudo with all the fixings, such as onion, lime, cilantro and oregano in a plastic bag.

Ontiveros said that they refused to open the bag and smell the contents.

The church issued a statement about the video that stated, "The video clip that is being circulated around social media of an incident that occurred at Redemption Mission Penn Avenue in Oklahoma City on Nov. 14 is of a person who was upset because the staff did not allow her to give a bag of food to a family member who is an inmate attending church services."

Ontiveros said she planned to eat the menudo with her sister at the church, as she has done before. She is also saying she is traumatized by what happened.

The church also said in a statement that "family members, visitors and guests are welcome to attend the services as well, but they are not allowed to give food items to the inmates to take back to correctional facilities"

The Department of Corrections confirmed to sister station KOCO that this is the policy.

Ontiveros and her sister do not want to go back to the church, she says. This was her only opportunity to see her sister.

Watch the full story in the video above.